Dr. Brigit Smith has seen enough injuries to know when an explanation does not fit. The scar near her husband Johnson's temple troubles her. An old medical record mentioning glass gives her a reason to ask what really happened.

Johnson remembers a childhood fall. His parents have their own careful explanations, and each question draws the family closer together against Brigit. What began as concern for her husband becomes a challenge to the version of his childhood everyone expects her to accept.

Then a complaint reaches her hospital. As Brigit's professional conduct comes under scrutiny, her search for answers threatens the career she has built and the marriage she is trying to protect. The Smiths have the influence to make their account carry weight. She must decide how far she can go when asking for the truth makes her the person under investigation.

Published by Dream Forest Publishing, Perfect Family by Paulius Kajokas is a psychological thriller about gaslighting, buried trauma, and the power of a family's reputation.

A standalone novel in The Perfect Series. It can be read independently of Perfect Custody.